SAILING NEWS
News 06
RYA Team GBR aim for
Henri Lloyd presence
Team Racing Worlds Glory
at Dinghy Show 2009
GREAT Britain will be gunning to continue Twiname/RYA Youth Team Racing Champi-
Henri Lloyd will be exhibiting their Technical Marine range at
the country’s proud Worlds medal-winning onships, Oxford last November.
the Dinghy Show this year, via their Marine Retailers, where
tradition when the 2009 ISAF Team Racing Unlike in normal fleet racing where the aim of
Henri Lloyd technical sales staff will be on hand to offer ad-
World Championships get underway in West- the game is to finish first past the post, team
vice. In particular, the Ainslie Collection and the Henri Lloyd
ern Australia. racing involves teams of six sailors in three
Dinghy Stealth Range, which has been expanded this year to
Gandia, Spain played host to a double British boats going head-to-head against another team
celebration at the last Championships in 2007 of three boats to try to get the best overall
include the new Stealth TI Top and the Stealth Hiking Pants
as Team GBR3 proudly claimed the inaugural points score for the team.
World Under 21 crown while Team GBR2 As a result it is a true test of a crews’ boat
Marine Retailers
landed a fantastic silver medal behind the handling skills, decision-making abilities and
Pinnel & Bax, Andark, Welsh Harp Boat Centre
USA. tactical nous.
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Matt Findlay and Tom Hebbert, who were The 2009 World Championships will be
part of that medal-winning GBR2 sextet, are contested in Pacer dinghies with racing begin-
once again in the RYA Team GBR line up for ning on Monday 2 February with the Under
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this year’s Championships taking place at the 21 Championship scheduled to be decided on
Royal Freshwater Bay YC and South of Perth Wednesday 5 February before the showdown
YC in Perth. They both feature as helms in for the main prize on Sunday 8 February.
evolution in
GBR1 – The Lions – with Steve Tylecote, Bruce Hebbert, Chairman of the RYA Team
a four-time Team Racing Worlds medallist, Racing Committee, believes the British teams
completing the team’s helming compliment. are well primed to bring back silverware once
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Crewing for Findlay is two-time Endeavour again.
Trophy champion Toby Lewis, who won He said: “Selected in September the teams
bronze alongside Tylecote at the 2005 Worlds have used every weekend to polish their
in the USA, while Joanne Bailey and Sally skills for what is arguably the most tactically
- set to launch
Wilson make up the Lions outfit. demanding sailing discipline. They have spent
GBR2 – West Kirby Hawks – is also steeped much time training in Feva dinghies over
in Worlds experience with 2001 bronze the winter with Oakham School, Sevenoaks
at Dinghy Show
medallist duo Dominic Johnson and Deborah School and the Pacer Class at Bough Beech
Steele once again pairing up and joined by SC all generously supporting the campaign.
2007 veterans Andy Cornah, Hamish Walker, “Coming off the water from training at Rut-
Ben Field and Tom Foster. land thick in ice sheets with feet and hands
West Kirby will also be flying the flag in the frozen and raw you have to admire the deter-
Under 21 event with the club’s Youth team mination of our sailors.”
– featuring Will Shepherd, Emma Lombard, The World Championships mark the peak of
Cameron Douglas, Sophie Shepherd, Owain a triangle for RYA Team Racing in the past
Matthews and Jemima Riley – looking to 12 months. No fewer than 74 sailors attended
retain the World crown for Britain for the RYA Team Racing Development Training at
second successive Championships. Bough Beech in December with 24 of these
West Kirby Youth enjoyed the perfect prepara- sailors now attending selected training to
tion for the Worlds with victory at the 2008 provide for future GBR teams.
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